Tool for making ventilating-holes in hats.



Patented Dec. l2, |899.

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(Application led Aug. 2, 1899,)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W'. TAYLOR, OF QUINOY, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOOL FOR MAKING VENTILATING-HOLES IN HATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 638,773, datedDecember 12, 1899.

Application filed August 2, 1899- Serial No. 725,838. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. TAYLQR, of Quincy, in the county ofNorfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements iii/Tools for Making Ventilating-Holes in Hats, of whichthe following is a specification.

As some gentlemen wish to have ventilating-perforations in their hatsand some do not and as there is a variety of tastes as to the number,arrangement, and location of such perforations, the hats are usuallyleft unperforated when put into the retail dealers hands, it being leftfor him to make the perforations in accordance with the individualtastes of the customers.

My invention relates to a tool for doing this work; and the object of myinvention is to make a tool by which this can be readily and quicklyperformed.

I will now proceed to fully describe the invention, which will beparticularly pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tool embodying my invention, showingthe edge sides of the cutters. Fig. 2 is a side elevation taken at aright angle to that of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of amodification of my invention in which the awl is set in a spring-seatedplunger and showing a disk cut from the hat before it is removed fromthe awl. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is alongitudinal section taken on the same line as Fig. 4, but showing theplunger and awl drawn backin the socket and the disk ready to drop offthe awl. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the hollow stock, showing theslot in the side through which extends the guide-pin from the sleeve.Fig. 7 is a side elevation at a right angle to Fig. 3. Fig. 8 is a planof a pattern or design plate to be used with the tool.

The cylindrical stock 1 is formed with a notch or an obtuse-angledgroove 2 in the end, the walls 3 of the groove having inside faces whichflare outwardly to an intersection with the sides of the stock, thusforming two cutting-blades, which in end view are arcs of the peripheryof the stock, which are also curved in the side view of Fig. 2 and whichhave the inner side beveled, viewed as in Fig. 3.

Projecting centrally from the end of the stock and from the bottom ofthe groove is an awl 4. Preferably there is a knurled sleeve or boss 5on the stock for convenience of manipulation. In operation the awl isthrust through the hat wherever the Ventilating-perforation is to bemade, and when pushed in far enough to bring the blades in contact withthe hat the stock is rotated, giving it a slight pressure at the sametime, and the sharp edges of the blades will cut out a circular disk,forming a'perforation the diameter of the stock. The advantage of theawl is to Iirst puncture the hat at the place where the perforations areto be placed and also vto hold the tool steady on its center whilerevolving it. When the tool is Withdrawn after cutting the perforation,the disk cut out will usually stick to the awl, as shown in Fig. 4, andin order to conveniently remove the disk I prefer to make the tool asshown in Figs. 3 to 7. The stock 10 is formed with a socket l1 in theend, extending some distance inward. The awl 4'is set in the end of aplunger 111, which fits in said slot, and the plunger is seated on aspiral spring 12 in the bottom of the socket. The plunger is secured'bya pin 13, which passes through the sleeve 5 and the elongated slot 14 inthe side of the stock and through the plunger. The slotv 14 thus allowsthe sleeve to be drawn back, pulling the plunger down until the point ofthe awl is quite or nearly flush with the end of the stock, when thedisk 6 will drop off. The spring 12 will carry. the plunger and sleeveout again when the pressure is removed.

In order to make sure that the operator will arrange the perforations insome symmetrical order or according to some design, I prefer to have adesign or pattern plate 15 accompanying the tool, said pattern-platehaving perforations 16 the size of the awl. By laying the pattern-plateon the hat and thrusting the awl through the perforations of the designand through the hat the proper places for the larger perforations willbe indicated on the hat. The pattern-plate may then be removed and theperforations cut out at the points punctured by the awl. Thispatternplate I prefer to make of Celluloid; but it may be made of anysuitable material. The pattern-plate shown in the drawings representsIOC several forms of designs combined, so that by the use of one platethe design maybe greatly varied in form.

What I claim is- 1. A tool for cutting perforations having a cylindricalstock of metal with a groove in the end thereof, said groove havingoblique sides Which extend tothe outer edge of the stock and forni twosegmental cutting-blades with convex edge, and an aWl projectingcentrally from the bottom of the groove beyond the ends of the blades,substantially as described.

2. A tool for cutting perforations having a cylindrical stock of metalformed with a socket in the end thereof, a notch in the end whose sidesare inclined and intersectthe sides of the stock forming cutting-blades,a springseated plunger within the socket having an awl which projectscentrally therefrom, and guides which hold the plunger Within thesocketbutallowlongitudinalmovementtherein, substantially as described.

ln testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

CHARLES W. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM A. GOPELAND, RoBT. WALLACE.

